Wednesday, June 21, 2006

pics from the show

I want my art to help create a setting or mood in which people canmeet and connect with each other; where conversations and positiveideas can flower and flourish.

私の作品について、ポジティブな思想に会話がはずみ、人々がお互いに繋がり合える様な空間を作り出す手助けになって欲しいと思っています。

I am fascinated with patterns found in nature, as well as the waylight falls over forms. I'm also interested in the power of symbols to communicate ideas thatlanguage alone cannot. I think it is interesting how each symbol only hasmeaning when the viewer creates the meaning.

My newest work circles around issues of impermanence, natural formsand patterns, mystical symbolism, and light. The intention is to placethese images into a context of contemplation or spirituality andinvite the viewer to perceive more and more of this world as a gestureor play of the Divine or Sacred.

自然の姿・形、それがおりなすパターン、象徴的なシンボリズム、光など、私の最も新しい作品は非永久性・無常という点に注目しています。そしてそれらのイメージを黙想・霊的なものと捉え、それらが神や神聖なものの振る舞い、意思表示・しるしであると、さらにいっそう見る者に気づかせることを意図しています。I strive to grow in understanding and experince of mystical ortrancendental states of mind, and then drag that into my art. Indoing so, I hope to remind people that this world is a dreamy,diverse, colorful, mysterious, energietic place. Here we are, a fewof the countless eyes through which the Universe uses to look atitself. Here we are, bodies through which the earth can feel itself. Here we are,creating a world in every moment, painting a world with our minds andhearts, then stepping into that painting. May we see the dreamy glowand light surrounding us, and relax into the flow of life.

My paintings are intended to provide the viewer with a simple spacefor rest. Moreover, my art is intended to help alleviate suffering bypointing to the patterns that connect the endless diversity of naturalforms together into one growing and glowing web of life, thetranscendental ground that unifies.